Verse (Click for Chapter) New International Version They waited for me as for showers and drank in my words as the spring rain. New Living Translation They longed for me to speak as people long for rain. They drank my words like a refreshing spring rain. English Standard Version They waited for me as for the rain, and they opened their mouths as for the spring rain. Berean Standard Bible They waited for me as for rain and drank in my words like spring showers. King James Bible And they waited for me as for the rain; and they opened their mouth wide as for the latter rain. New King James Version They waited for me as for the rain, And they opened their mouth wide as for the spring rain. New American Standard Bible “They waited for me as for the rain, And opened their mouths as for the late rain. NASB 1995 “They waited for me as for the rain, And opened their mouth as for the spring rain. NASB 1977 “And they waited for me as for the rain, And opened their mouth as for the spring rain. Legacy Standard Bible They waited for me as for the rain, And opened their mouth as for the late rain. Amplified Bible “They waited for me [and for my words] as for the rain, And they opened their mouths as for the spring rain. Christian Standard Bible They waited for me as for the rain and opened their mouths as for spring showers. Holman Christian Standard Bible They waited for me as for the rain and opened their mouths as for spring showers. American Standard Version And they waited for me as for the rain; And they opened their mouth wide as for the latter rain. Aramaic Bible in Plain English They waited for me as for the rain and their mouths they opened wide as for spring rain Brenton Septuagint Translation As the thirsty earth expecting the rain, so they waited for my speech. Contemporary English Version My words were eagerly accepted like the showers of spring, Douay-Rheims Bible They waited for me as for rain, and they opened their mouth as for a latter shower. English Revised Version And they waited for me as for the rain; and they opened their mouth wide as for the latter rain. GOD'S WORD® Translation They were as eager to hear me as they were for rain. They opened their mouths wide as if waiting for a spring shower. Good News Translation everyone welcomed them just as farmers welcome rain in spring. International Standard Version They waited for me as one waits for rain, as one opens his mouth to drink in a spring rain shower. JPS Tanakh 1917 And they waited for me as for the rain; And they opened their mouth wide as for the latter rain. Literal Standard Version And they wait for me as [for] rain, | And they have opened wide their mouth | [As] for the spring rain. Majority Standard Bible They waited for me as for rain and drank in my words like spring showers. New American Bible They waited for me as for the rain; they drank in my words like the spring rains. NET Bible They waited for me as people wait for the rain, and they opened their mouths as for the spring rains. New Revised Standard Version They waited for me as for the rain; they opened their mouths as for the spring rain. New Heart English Bible They waited for me as for the rain. Their mouths drank as with the spring rain. Webster's Bible Translation And they waited for me as for the rain; and they opened their mouth wide as for the latter rain. World English Bible They waited for me as for the rain. Their mouths drank as with the spring rain. Young's Literal Translation And they wait as for rain for me, And their mouth they have opened wide As for the latter rain. Additional Translations ... Audio Bible Context Job's Former Blessings…22After my words, they spoke no more; my speech settled on them like dew. 23They waited for me as for rain and drank in my words like spring showers. 24If I smiled at them, they did not believe it; the light of my countenance was precious.… Cross References Job 29:22 After my words, they spoke no more; my speech settled on them like dew. Job 29:24 If I smiled at them, they did not believe it; the light of my countenance was precious. Psalm 81:10 I am the LORD your God, who brought you up out of Egypt. Open wide your mouth, and I will fill it. Psalm 119:131 I open my mouth and pant, longing for Your commandments. Proverbs 16:15 When a king's face brightens, there is life; his favor is like a rain cloud in spring. Hosea 6:3 So let us know--let us press on to know the LORD. As surely as the sun rises, He will appear; He will come to us like the rain, like the spring showers that water the earth. Treasury of Scripture And they waited for me as for the rain; and they opened their mouth wide as for the latter rain. as for the rain Psalm 72:6 He shall come down like rain upon the mown grass: as showers that water the earth. the latter rain Hosea 6:3 Then shall we know, if we follow on to know the LORD: his going forth is prepared as the morning; and he shall come unto us as the rain, as the latter and former rain unto the earth. Zechariah 10:1 Ask ye of the LORD rain in the time of the latter rain; so the LORD shall make bright clouds, and give them showers of rain, to every one grass in the field. Jump to Previous Drank Latter Mouth Mouths Opened Opening Rain Rains Showers Spring Wait Waited Waiting Wide WordsJump to Next Drank Latter Mouth Mouths Opened Opening Rain Rains Showers Spring Wait Waited Waiting Wide WordsJob 29 1. Job bemoans his former prosperityVerse 23. - They waited for me as for the rain; i.e. "they were as eager to heat' me speak as the parched ground is to receive the winter rain, which it expects and waits for and absorbs greedily." And they opened their mouth wide as for the latter rain. They drank in my discourse as the spring vegetation drinks in the spring showers, known in the East generally as "the latter rains." Parallel Commentaries ... Hebrew They waitedוְיִֽחֲל֣וּ (wə·yi·ḥă·lū) Conjunctive waw | Verb - Piel - Conjunctive perfect - third person common plural Strong's 3176: To wait, to be patient, hope for me as for rain כַמָּטָ֣ר (ḵam·mā·ṭār) Preposition-k, Article | Noun - masculine singular Strong's 4306: Rain and drank in my words פָּעֲר֥וּ (pā·‘ă·rū) Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person common plural Strong's 6473: To open wide (the mouth) like spring showers. לְמַלְקֽוֹשׁ׃ (lə·mal·qō·wōš) Preposition-l | Noun - masculine singular Strong's 4456: The spring rain, eloquence Links Job 29:23 NIVJob 29:23 NLT Job 29:23 ESV Job 29:23 NASB Job 29:23 KJV Job 29:23 BibleApps.com Job 29:23 Biblia Paralela Job 29:23 Chinese Bible Job 29:23 French Bible Job 29:23 Catholic Bible OT Poetry: Job 29:23 They waited for me as (Jb) |
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